The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language

Posted on Mon 07 March 2022 in Africa • Tagged with Swahili, African Bantu, Mogadishu, Somalia, Sofala, Mozambique, African Union, AU, Uganda

Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, a Swahili advocate. Keystone/Getty Images

John M. Mugane, Harvard University

Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 …


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We Go Harder Next Year: The Problem with Resolutions

Posted on Mon 27 December 2021 in Opinion • Tagged with New Year Resolutions, teenager, adult, youth, December, 2021 Resolutions, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Social Media

Photo from Tim Mossholder
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

By Aniemeke Isioma Prisca

We Go Harder Next Year: The Problem with Resolutions

Change is a hard thing to come to terms with. It happens so fast that before you realize you're changing, you're already far gone. Things you used to like, you don't …


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